Famed football coach and broadcaster Lou Holtz slams Democrats amid government shutdown

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Former college football coach and broadcaster Lou Holtz put out a lengthy video Tuesday weighing in on the current government shutdown. 

In the video, posted to X, the College Football Hall of Famer called the situation "unfair," while condemning a system of government reliance. 

In the caption for the video, Holtz only called out Democrats, writing "Democrats know that as long as you depend on them, you’ll vote for them — and that’s exactly how they like it." 

Senate Democrats have remained firm in refusing to back Republican-led proposals to reopen the government unless their plans include extensions to federal healthcare subsidies.

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President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Freedom to former college football coach Lou Holtz in the Oval Office of the White House Dec. 3, 2020, in Washington, D.C.  (Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images)

"It's ridiculous to have so many people count on the government, and have one party say, ‘No, we aren’t going to open it up.' That's unfair," Holtz said.

"What I see what the government is doing, it's unfair. It's unbelievable. That's not the way it was set up to be. And yet, we're trying to play games. Just open up the government, let it function along as we go along. But, no, you want to make more people rely on you. That's why you want to give them government subsidies. As long as they rely on you, they'll vote for you, and that's not the way it should be."

The former coach went on to cite his experience growing up after the end of World